Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 16 May 2024

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Includes developments in relation to: financial data access; UK sustainability reporting standards; Sexism in the City; Consumer Duty; cryptoassets; digitalisation in finance; CRR; MREL; solvent exit planning; ESG terminology; equivalence decisions; SDR; Pensions Dashboard Programme; CFD fraud; and unauthorised financial promotion.

General

  • Legislative proposal for a framework for financial data access - ECON votes to adopt draft report
  • UK sustainability reporting standards - DBT publishes framework and terms of reference
  • Accountability hearing - FCA gives evidence to Treasury Committee
  • Sexism in the City inquiry - Responses from HM Treasury, PRA and FCA published
  • Consumer Duty for closed products and services - FCA publishes Dear CEO letters

Banking and Finance

  • Cryptoasset prudential standard - BCBS publishes update
  • Digitalisation of finance - BCBS publishes report
  • Draft RTS on equivalent mechanism for unfinished property under CRR - EBA consults
  • MREL policy - updated by SRB
  • Solvent exit planning for non-systemic banks and building societies - PRA publishes Dear CEO letter

Securities and Markets

  • Capital Markets Union - Eurogroup agrees roadmap to delivery
  • The Markets in Financial Instruments (Equivalence) (United States of America) (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) Regulations 2024

Asset Management

  • Fund names using ESG or sustainability-related terms - ESMA update on adoption of guidelines
  • Cost disclosure requirements for listed investment companies - FCA responds to Committee
  • The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Overseas Funds Regime) (Equivalence) (European Economic Area) Regulations 2024
  • Implementing the SDR - IA publishes guidance
  • Sustainable and responsible investment for central banks - NGFS publishes report and technical documents

Insurance

  • Pensions Dashboard Programme - NAO publishes report

Enforcement

  • FCA cancellation of listing decision - challenge withdrawn
  • CFD trading pension fraud - FCA charges three individuals
  • Alleged promotion on social media of unauthorised FX trading scheme - FCA charges nine ‘finfluencers’
  • Banque Havilland, Edmund Lloyd Rowland, Vladimir Bolelyy and David John Rowland v The Financial Conduct Authority